Dirty Wars (eBook)

A Century of Counterinsurgency

Dr Simon Innes-Robbins (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
192 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
9780752479019 (ISBN)

Infos

'Who is the enemy?' This is the question most asked in modern warfare; gone are the set-piece conventional battles of the past. Once seen as secondary to more traditional conflicts, irregular warfare (as modified and refashioned since the 1990s) now presents a major challenge to the state and the bureaucratic institutions which have dominated the twentieth century, and to the politicians and civil servants who formulate policy. Twenty-first-century conflict is dominated by counterinsurgency operations, where the enemy is almost indistinguishable from innocent civilians. Battles are gunfights in jungles, deserts and streets; winning 'hearts and minds' is as important as holding territory. From struggles in South Africa, the Philippines and Ireland to operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya, this book covers the strategy and doctrine of counterinsurgency, and the factors which ensure whether such operations are successful or not. Recent ignorance of central principles and the emergence of social media, which has shifted the odds in favour of the insurgent, have too often resulted in failure, leaving governments and their security forces embedded in a hostile population, immersed in costly and dangerous nation-building.

Autor

DR SIMON INNES-ROBBINS has been an archivist at the Imperial War Museum since 1989. Having studied history at Nottingham University and war studies at King's College London, he completed his doctoral thesis at the latter. He is a well-received military history author.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.10.2016
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Afghanistan • conflict • Counterinsurgency • counterinsurgency, warfare, Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Special Ops, Troubles, Ireland, conflict, Imperial War Museum • Imperial War Museum • Iraq • Ireland • Palestine • Special ops • Troubles • warfare
• ISBN-13: 9780752479019 / 9780752479019